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Pride and Plant Medicine: How the LGBTQ+ Movement Shaped the Cannabis Industry

The Cannigma

Known as the Compassionate Use Act, this landmark legislation became the first to legalize medical cannabis in the United States. Together, she and Peron turned love into action, transforming grassroots care into legislative change. References Awareness Days. Her motto? “I I bake the world a better place, one brownie at a time.”

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Will Texas Ban Hemp Products?

Veriheal

As the bill progresses through the legislative process, the impact on cannabis businesses, consumers, and the state’s growing hemp industry could be significant. This article examines the history of cannabis legalization in Texas, the details of Senate Bill 3, and what the proposed ban implies for the future of hemp in the state.

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The Endocannabinoid System-History, Health and Why We Feel High

Puff Puff Post

The History and Science of Cannabis. On July 30 th , 2001, the government brought this into a legislative act known as the Medical Marijuana Access and Resources (MMAR). This legislative act did not allow Canadian patients to grow their own medicine. .

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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

Canna Law Blog

Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. In that popular series, grading criteria was as follows: Current stance on marijuana : What have they recently said about marijuana legislation? Did this candidate legislate the War on Drugs?

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The Week in Weed: April 8, 2022

The Blunt Truth

DC has also been considering, but not passing, marijuana legislation. It has been received in the Senate and referred to the Finance Committee. If history is any guide, it will languish there, but we’ll keep you apprised of any movement. The legislation would allow researchers to access cannabis from state-legal dispensaries.

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Schumer Introduces Legislation “Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act” … Everybody Has An Opinion

Cannabis Law Report

This is big: Today @SenBooker @SenSchumer and I are releasing our draft legislation to end the federal prohibition of cannabis. Senate Leadership Releases Draft Legislation to Make Cannabis Federally Legal. Legislation opens doors for cannabis policy reform in the current Congress. Summary-Schumer-Booker-Wyden. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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CT’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Bill, NBA Embraces Cannabis, and MO’s Cannabis Boom

Veriheal

Last week, a legislative committee in Connecticut passed a bill to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of psilocybin mushrooms. The newly passed legislation aims to reduce these penalties for larger possession amounts and completely eliminate legal consequences for smaller amounts. What do you think of the NBA’s recent move?